386 vs 686 kernel? And uninstall linux-image-2.6.15-21-386 removes Linux-386?

Fri May 19 18:59:42 UTC 2006

On Fri, 2006-05-19 at 18:42 +0930, Karl Goetz wrote:
> OOzy Pal wrote:
> > My computer is P4 (32bit) 3.4Gh (Desktop) can I install -686 kernel?
> > If yes, how? Is it through Synaptic?
> > 
> yes and yes.
> its linux-image-VERSION-686

You probably want linux-686 to pick up the restricted kernel modules for
the nvidia and ati drivers (among some bits for other hardware).

> kk
> 
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